Market Making Jobs in the UK

101 to 125 of 393 Market Making Jobs in the UK

Global Banking & Markets, Quantitative Researcher, Trading Strats, Associate, London

London, United Kingdom
WeAreTechWomen
Equity business through quantitative trading and automation of key daily decisions. Our scope includes product types such as stocks, options, ETFs, and futures, with strategies including market making, automatic quoting, central risk management, systematic trading, and algorithmic execution across global venues. We deploy statistical analysis and mathematical models to enhance business performance, collaborating with traders and sales … on the trading floor to deliver value to clients and the firm. Role Responsibilities Lead our Quantitative Trading & Market Making desk by developing market making and quoting strategies across equity products, from cash to derivatives. Utilize advanced statistical analysis and techniques such as neural networks to build models that inform systematic trading and risk … models and other techniques. Develop model calibration frameworks for our statistical and AI models, operating at scale with large datasets of time series data. Advance our market making strategies using various technologies and collaborate closely with Quant Developers and engineering teams. Basic Qualifications Excellent academic record in a relevant quantitative field such as physics, mathematics, statistics, engineering More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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C++ Quantitative Developer London

London, United Kingdom
DARE
of themselves. The Role As a C++ Quantitative Developer, you will play a critical role in developing and optimising our trading strategies and systems, enabling exchange market making and algorithmic trading. You will work closely with our trading desks to implement and enhance execution algorithms and ensure efficient connectivity to exchanges. Key responsibilities include: Mid/low … latency C++ development for the exchange connectivity FIX/MultiCast Development of algorithmic strategies and market-making strategies C++ execution algorithms for trading desks (TWAP/VWAP, elements of Market Making) Time series analysis, Market research in C++/Python What You'll Bring Strong C++ development skills (multithreading, inter-process communication More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Java Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading

London Area, United Kingdom
Tempest Vane Partners
The Client My client is a market leading Algorithmic Trading firm based in London, specialising in market making and liquidity provision for Exchange Traded Funds. The are looking for a Java Software Engineer to join their engineering group. What You'll Get An opportunity to work in one of the most exciting and fast growing … with a very high talent density presenting lots of opportunity for learning and development. Incredible career progression opportunities with potential access to all areas of the business. A market leading compensation package including generous basic salary and annual bonus. Benefits including pension, private healthcare, life assurance and 25 days vacation. What You'll Do Designing and implementing algorithmic … trading solutions. Optimising the platform by using network and systems programming, as well as other advanced techniques to minimise latency. Developing systems that provide easy access to historical market data and trading simulations. Creating tools to analyse data for patterns. Building risk-management and performance-tracking tools. What You'll Need Strong academic background in STEM discipline Strong More ❯
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Java Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Tempest Vane Partners
The Client My client is a market leading Algorithmic Trading firm based in London, specialising in market making and liquidity provision for Exchange Traded Funds. The are looking for a Java Software Engineer to join their engineering group. What You'll Get An opportunity to work in one of the most exciting and fast growing … with a very high talent density presenting lots of opportunity for learning and development. Incredible career progression opportunities with potential access to all areas of the business. A market leading compensation package including generous basic salary and annual bonus. Benefits including pension, private healthcare, life assurance and 25 days vacation. What You'll Do Designing and implementing algorithmic … trading solutions. Optimising the platform by using network and systems programming, as well as other advanced techniques to minimise latency. Developing systems that provide easy access to historical market data and trading simulations. Creating tools to analyse data for patterns. Building risk-management and performance-tracking tools. What You'll Need Strong academic background in STEM discipline Strong More ❯
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C++ Developer (HFT)

London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Oxford Knight
Not your standard financial services provider, this firm prides itself on its flat hierarchy, avoiding bureaucracy whilst rewarding people on merit and excellence. Specialists within electronic market-making in FX, equity, fixed income and commodity markets, they have one of the best names in the industry. Based in London, Chicago, Sydney & Amsterdam, they are looking to expand … a plus, but by no means a necessity Financial experience is NOT required NB: Please do not apply if you are a fresh graduate. Significant compensation package – you are making a direct impact on the PnL – they will pay leading market rate/are flexible for the right candidate They’re willing to be flexible with WFH More ❯
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Staff Back-End Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
NEAR
closely with the trading team and quantitative analysts (quants). You will collaborate with business stakeholders to design and implement systems that meet real-time trading demands, improve market efficiency, and support advanced trading strategies. You’ll be a technical advocate for excellence and lead by example in fostering a culture of high standards, agility, and innovation within … when discussing complex technical solutions or business goals. Ensure high availability, reliability, and scalability of trading systems while maintaining a sharp focus on performance and testing. Drive technical decision-making and contribute to high-level architecture discussions, ensuring that all solutions align with the company’s goals for scalability, performance, and security. Be a technical advocate for excellence, leading … leading by example, advocating for technical excellence, and mentoring engineers to help them grow their skills. Strong background in trading (ideally cryptocurrency trading), with experience in market-making, arbitrage strategies, and order execution in fast-moving markets. Proven experience iterating quickly on algorithmic strategies, adapting to market dynamics and optimizing performance in real-time. You More ❯
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C++ Developer

London, United Kingdom
McGregor Boyall Associates Limited
McGregor Boyall are partnered with a market-leading, quant-driven tech hedge fund looking for C++ talent across multiple teams within trading and market execution. The roles involve building high-performance components for their systematic trading platform, working with advanced concurrency patterns and lock-free data structures. You'll be optimizing critical paths where microseconds matter … implementing sophisticated order execution algorithms, and collaborating with quants to deploy new trading strategies. Their stack leverages cutting-edge HPC techniques for market data processing and order management. They are using highly modern C++: custom allocators, zero-copy messaging, and SIMD optimization. You'll work directly with quants to translate mathematical models into production trading systems and see … Some level of experience with Python - Experience working with systems processing high volumes of data (terra or petabyte-scale) - Extensive expertise with at least ONE of: market making, algo/eTrading, connectivity, execution, high frequency trading Nice to have: - Prior experience working for a leading systematic trading company - Excellent academics at the post-grad level McGregor Boyall More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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C++ Developer

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
McGregor Boyall
McGregor Boyall are partnered with a market-leading, quant-driven tech hedge fund looking for C++ talent across multiple teams within trading and market execution. The roles involve building high-performance components for their systematic trading platform, working with advanced concurrency patterns and lock-free data structures. You'll be optimizing critical paths where microseconds matter … implementing sophisticated order execution algorithms, and collaborating with quants to deploy new trading strategies. Their stack leverages cutting-edge HPC techniques for market data processing and order management. They are using highly modern C++: custom allocators, zero-copy messaging, and SIMD optimization. You'll work directly with quants to translate mathematical models into production trading systems and see … Some level of experience with Python - Experience working with systems processing high volumes of data (terra or petabyte-scale) - Extensive expertise with at least ONE of: market making, algo/eTrading, connectivity, execution, high frequency trading Nice to have: - Prior experience working for a leading systematic trading company - Excellent academics at the post-grad level McGregor Boyall More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £150,000 - £400,000 per annum
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Java Quantitative Developer Low Latency

City of London, London, United Kingdom
James Joseph Associates Limited
frameworks like Aeron and SBE Perform in-depth profiling and tuning to eliminate latency and optimise microsecond-level performance Develop robust order routing and execution components that handle market volatility Apply advanced networking principles to minimise round-trip times and network jitter Continuously … assess and remove inefficiencies in JVM performance and memory management Strengthen operational resilience through improved monitoring, alerting, and fault tolerance SKILL/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Expertise in market-making or algorithmic trading, including deep understanding of order book dynamics and pricing techniques Proven track record in Java programming, specifically in building fast, low-latency trading systems Strong familiarity … Linux-based systems Excellent communicator under pressure, able to explain complex systems clearly and concisely A commercially sharp mindset with the ability to balance speed and risk in decision-making More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Quant Strategist

London, United Kingdom
Steneg
Responsibilities Quantitative Advisory & Implementation Lead the design and development of pricing models and algorithmic trading strategies for interest rate products. Architect and deliver low-latency trading platforms and decision-making systems for client use cases. Build analytical tools for automated risk and position management tailored to client infrastructure. Conduct quantitative research to support client engagements in electronic market making and pricing automation. Develop, document, and validate models in alignment with regulatory and internal governance requirements. Provide structured scenario analysis and contribute to market stress testing frameworks. Stakeholder Engagement & Delivery Interface with client teams across Trading, Risk, and Technology to understand requirements and deliver customized solutions. Translate technical outputs into actionable insights for both More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Platform Engineer (Kubernetes on-premises)

London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Maven Securities
premises) role at Maven Securities ABOUT THE COMPANY: Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm that allocates internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers, and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhancing our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. We leverage … financial markets' operations. Platform Engineer ABOUT THE COMPANY: Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm that allocates internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers, and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhancing our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. We leverage More ❯
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Software Engineer – Autotrading

London, England, United Kingdom
Optiver
as well as taking a lead on optimizing and improving the scalability of our core trading platform. Our systems are built to add to the stability of the market, not detract from it; therefore, they must operate at peak efficiency in the most extreme market conditions across every product we want to trade. We’re looking … us in this mission. Who we are: Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing … transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. As one of the world’s major financial centres, London was selected as the home of Optiver’s FX trading business, our UK-focused Institutional Trading More ❯
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Production Support Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom
Qube Research & Technologies
Equities, Futures, Commodities and FX asset classes is an advantage. Knowledge of market data feed handlers and execution feeds is an advantage. Knowledge of market-making/liquidity provision and algorithmic trading is an advantage. QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly More ❯
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Rust Developer

City of London, Greater London, UK
Radley James
Rapidly growing digital assets market maker are looking to hire a talented junior trading systems developer with expertise in Rust. Your day-to-day focus will be on developing low latency trading systems in the ever-evolving crypto markets. This role offers a unique opportunity to directly impact the business' growth by enhancing existing infrastructure and connecting to More ❯
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Rust Developer

Slough, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: Rapidly growing digital assets market maker are looking to hire a talented junior trading systems developer with expertise in Rust. Your day-to-day focus will be on developing low latency trading systems in the ever-evolving crypto markets. This role offers a unique opportunity to directly impact the More ❯
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Rust Developer

London, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: Rapidly growing digital assets market maker are looking to hire a talented junior trading systems developer with expertise in Rust. Your day-to-day focus will be on developing low latency trading systems in the ever-evolving crypto markets. This role offers a unique opportunity to directly impact the More ❯
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Software Engineer – AI Developer Tools

London, England, United Kingdom
Optiver
models, or building internal capabilities – and can make decisions based on reliability, cost, and developer value Who we are: At Optiver, our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate … and efficient markets for everyone who participates. We tackle the toughest problems, challenge the status quo, and always aim for excellence. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Apply directly via the form below. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruiter More ❯
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Quantitative Research - Rates - Vice President

United Kingdom
JPMorgan Chase & Co
risk managers across all products and regions, contributes to sales and client interaction, product innovation, valuation and risk management, inventory and portfolio optimization, electronic trading and market making, and appropriate financial risk controls. Job responsibilities: Develop advanced analytical and risk management models and capability Implement these models in our quant library and trading/risk platforms, carrying More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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C++ Software Developer (Visa Sponsorship Available)

London, England, United Kingdom
Techwaka
methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now, DV group affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market-making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser. Job Responsibilities: Lead in the design, implementation, and deployment of DV’s core trading platform C++ 17 Bring deep technical knowledge such as More ❯
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Quantitative Research - Rates - Vice President

London, England, United Kingdom
JPMorgan Chase & Co
risk managers across all products and regions, contributes to sales and client interaction, product innovation, valuation and risk management, inventory and portfolio optimization, electronic trading and market making, and appropriate financial risk controls. Job responsibilities: Develop advanced analytical and risk management models and capability Implement these models in our quant library and trading/risk platforms, carrying More ❯
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C++ Software Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom
Oxford Knight
Not your standard financial services provider, this firm prides itself on its flat hierarchy, avoiding bureaucracy whilst rewarding people on merit and excellence. Specialists within electronic market-making in FX, equity, fixed income and commodity markets, they have one of the best names in the industry and attract the best talent. Based in London, they are looking More ❯
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Quantitative Research - Energy - Vice President or Executive Director

London, England, United Kingdom
J.P. Morgan
risk managers across all products and regions, contributes to sales and client interaction, product innovation, valuation and risk management, inventory and portfolio optimization, electronic trading and market making, and appropriate financial risk controls. The Energy Quantitative Research team's mission is to develop and maintain sophisticated mathematical models, cutting-edge methodologies and infrastructure to value and hedge More ❯
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Site Reliability Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
GSR
Founded in 2013, GSR is a leading market maker and programmatic trading firm in the fast-evolving world of cryptocurrency trading. With over 200 employees across seven countries, we provide billions of dollars in liquidity daily to cryptocurrency protocols and exchanges. We build long-term relationships with crypto communities and institutional investors by offering exceptional service, expertise, and … infrastructure, including: Networking & Exchange Connectivity Microservice Orchestration & Observability Disaster Recovery & Security Optimization Your mission is to improve latency, scalability, and reliability, ensuring GSR remains a best-in-class market maker. We value engineers who drive automation, reduce friction, and enhance developer velocity through better tooling, CI/CD, and infrastructure design. Who We're Looking For Core Skills More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Platform Engineer (Kubernetes on-premises)

London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Maven
London ABOUT THE COMPANY: Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm that allocates internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers, and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhancing our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. We leverage groundbreaking execution and pricing More ❯
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Back Office Software Developer

London, England, United Kingdom
DV Trading LLC
methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now, DV group affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser. Overview: We are looking for an experienced software developer to work with a small team responsible for development and daily operations of back More ❯
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Market Making
10th Percentile
£105,000
25th Percentile
£130,000
Median
£156,250
75th Percentile
£174,375
90th Percentile
£190,000